GUNITA NG SALITA Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Ito ang nangyayari sa estudyante kapag midterms at finals na period: sabaysabay ang exams, at deadlines sa term paper, thesis, at iba pang requirements sa semester. Aligaga at balisa ang mga estudyante sa sandaling ito, kahit pa nangyari na ito sa nakaraan. Nangyari na pero walang kasanayan sa…
Month: March 2014
Leybor
Ni MA. CECILIA DE LA ROSA Bulatlat.com Kay palad mo, bunso Iluluwal kita sa ibang mundo Dito, bunso, ay may sahig Dito’y may kapiraso tayong banig Iiri ako, humilab ka nang humilab Iiiri kita, bunso, sa liwanag. Kay palad mong di tulad Ng kuyang namayapa Inulan at inaraw Sa gilid ng kalsada Sa durog na…
US bases: Aquino’s gift to Obama
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld This April, during the much-awaited visit of US President Barack Obama, Philippine President BS Aquino will be serving nothing less than our national sovereignty and dignity on a silver platter via the new “access agreement” negotiated in secret by the two governments. All that remains to be worked out,…
Contradictions
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If only a few Filipinos seem surprised over claims that two people in media — calling them journalists doesn’t quite seem right — received payoffs from the diversion of congressional allocations from the pork barrel or Priority Development Assistance Fund, it’s because anecdotal evidence, experience, and similar…
Revisiting Pryce Plans’ unjust, unfair ‘settlement’
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Six years ago (March 17, 2008) my modest pension-plan contract with Pryce Plans, Inc. matured, after I had diligently paid P256,800 in premiums over 10 years. The company asked me to choose the mode of payment on my claim. I chose immediate full lump-sum:…
Aquino forum on post-Yolanda reconstruction just ‘meaningless chatter’ – typhoon survivors
“It is the national government’s responsibility to lead the reconstruction… many private companies involved are not in there for humanitarian reasons but for profit.” – People Surge
Explain basis for recomputed rate hike first, groups ask Meralco
“How can the PEMC or the ERC recalculate on the basis of a failed market? It was abuse of market power not just market failure. Who manipulated the under-offering that led to market failure? They must be held accountable and should be the one to pay, not the people.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
Rights defender in Panay killed
Romeo Capalla, 65, chairperson of the Board of Directors and former manager of Panay Fair Trade Center, was accompanying his mother-in-law at the Oton Public Market when fired upon by gunmen.
Luisita farmers file more raps vs Cojuangco-Aquinos before DOJ
“Police, armed men and other agents of the Cojuangco-Aquino family who are responsible for the destruction of our crops, homes and livelihood run free despite our formal complaints before several government agencies… We farmers, however, who have not committed any wrongdoing were quickly imprisoned.”
Challenges of the post-Chavez era| Venezuela in crisis?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Part 2 of 2 Part 1: The US trains its guns on Latin America once more| Venezuela in crisis? The Western press has been full of stories regarding the “crisis” in Venezuela: about the shortages and inflation, corruption, the high crime rate, and the opposition-led demonstrations of students seeking to…
Workers reject Cha-cha, demand wage hike
‘It is really Aquino who is the driver of the Cha-cha train.’